Locking whip-socket.



B. R. MORRISON.

LOGKING WHIP SOCKET.

APPLIOATION FILED APB. e. 1911.

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BENTLEY R. MORRISON, 0F ST. PETERS, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOCKING WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1911.

Application led April 6, 1911. Serial No. 619,291.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENTLEY R. MonmsoN, citizen of the United States,residing at St. Peters, in the county of Chester and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLocking Vhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwhip sockets, and has for its primary o-bject to provide a simple andinexpensive device of this character which embodies novel features ofconstruction whereby the whip can be securely locked in position andthereby safe guarded against loss.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a whip socketwhich admits of the whip being locked against withdrawal by pushingdownwardly upon the same when inserting it within the socket, which willsecurely gripV the whip until released, and which can be used in thesame manner as an ordinary whip socket if desired.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invent-ion consists in certainnovel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fullyappear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof beingpointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is avertical sectional view through a whip socket constructed in accordancewith the invention, the said whip socket being shown in the positionassumed when gripping a whip inserted therein. Fig. 2 is a similar Viewwith the whip socket in an open position and the whip removed. Fig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is avertical sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

In carrying out the present invention the whip socket is dividedlongitudinally and formed with two complemental sections 1 and 2, thesaid sections coperating with each other to provide the usual socket forthe reception of the butt end of the whip and being pivotally connectedat points between their ends as indicated at 3. The

meeting faces of the complemental sections 1 and 2 diverge in oppositedirections above and below the pivot points 3, and the upper ends of thesections 1 and 2 are contracted at 4 and provided upon their interiorwith the rubber jaw members 5. Vhen the upper ends of the socketsections 1 and 2 are swung inwardly toward each other the jaw members 5are designed to grip a whip or like member inserted within the socket,as indicated in F ig. 1, while when the upper ends of the socket members1 and 2 are separated, as indicated in Fig. 2, the device can be used asan ordinary whip socket and the whip placed in position or removedtherefrom at will.

The lower ends of the socket sections 1 and 2 are connected by a coilspring 6 having the extremities 'thereof secured to inwardly projectinglugs 7 This spring normally tends to draw the lower ends of the members1 and 2 together so as to separate the jaw members at the upper end ofthe socket, as indicated in Fig. 2. At a point just above the coilspring 6 the socket members 1 and 2 are connected by a pair of togglelevers 8, the outer ends of the toggle levers being pivoted to lugs 9projecting inwardly from the socket members, while the inner ends of thetoggle levers are connected yby the pivot pin 10, the extremities of thesaid pivot pin also engaging ears 11 projecting downwardly from a plate12 which is supported by the toggle levers and forms a rest for thewhip.

When the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 2, the togglelevers 8 are swung upwardly and the upper ends of the socket members 1and 2 separated, the various members being held yieldingly in positionby means of the spring 6. However, when avwhip is inserted in thesocket, the end of the whip will engage the plate 12 and force thetoggle levers 8 downwardly into a position slightly out of alinementwith each other, as indicated in Fig. 1. This movement of the togglelevers will force the lower ends of the socket members 1 and 2 apart andcause the upper ends of the socket members to come together so that themem bers 5 will bear against opposite sides of the whip and securelygrip the same.

A release lever 13 extends through an opening in the socket member 2 andis pivoted upon the same at 14. The outer end of this release lever 13is enlarged so as to be readily engaged by the foot, while the inner endof the release lever is extended upwardly at 13a so as to engage one ofthe toggle levers 8. When it is desired to release the whip it is merelynecessary to press downwardly with the foot upon the outer end of thelever 13 so as to cause the inner end of the said lever to push thetoggle levers 8 upwardly into a position slightly out of alinement witheach other, the spring 6 then serving to draw the lower ends of thesocket sections 1 and 2 together so as to throw the parts into theposition indicated in Fig. 2. The downward movement of the toggle levers8 be limited either by engagement of the plate 12 with the said levers,or by means of astop lug 15 which projects from the socket member 2 andis adapted to engage the release lever 13. VVit-h this construction, itwill be apparent that when the whip is inserted in the socket anddownward pressure applied thereto the toggle levers will be forceddownwardly into the position shown in Fig. 1 and the upper ends of thesocket sections 1 and 2 brought together in such a manner as to grip thewhip, while when it is desired to release the whip, it is merelynecessary to push downwardly with the foot upon the outer end of therelease lever 13.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a locking whip socket, the combination of a pair ot' complementalsocket me1nbers pivotally connected at points between their ends anddesigned to receive a. whip between them, a pair of toggle leversconnecting the lower ends of the socket members and adapted to beactuated by the whip for forcing the lower ends of the socket membersapart and bringing the upper ends of the socket members into engagementwith the whip, and a release lever mounted upon one of the socketmembers and engaging the toggle levers for Jforcingthe said togglelevers into an inoperative position.

2. In a locking whip socket, the combination of a pair of complementalsocket members pivotally connected to each other at points between theirends and adapted to receive a whip between them, toggle leversconnecting the lower ends of the socket members and adapted to beactuated by the whip for forcing the said lower ends of the socketmembers apart and causing the upper ends of the socket members to gripthe whip, a release lever mounted upon one of the socket members andengaging the toggle levers so as to force the same into inoperativeposition, and a stop engaging the release lever to limit the downwardmovement of the toggle levers.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENTLEY R. MORRISON.

l Witnesses:

SARA M. VVELLs, W. J. WELLS.

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